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Bolan S, Wijesekara H, Amarasiri D, Zhang T, Ragályi P, Brdar-Jokanović M, Rékási M, Lin JY, Padhye LP, Zhao H, Wang L, Rinklebe J, Wang H, Siddique KHM, Kirkham MB, Bolan N. Boron contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 894:164744. [PMID: 37315601 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Boron (B) is released to terrestrial and aquatic environments through both natural and anthropogenic sources. This review describes the current knowledge on B contamination in soil and aquatic environments in relation to its geogenic and anthropogenic sources, biogeochemistry, environmental and human health impacts, remediation approaches, and regulatory practices. The common naturally occurring sources of B include borosilicate minerals, volcanic eruptions, geothermal and groundwater streams, and marine water. Boron is extensively used to manufacture fiberglass, thermal-resistant borosilicate glass and porcelain, cleaning detergents, vitreous enamels, weedicides, fertilizers, and B-based steel for nuclear shields. Anthropogenic sources of B released into the environment include wastewater for irrigation, B fertilizer application, and waste from mining and processing industries. Boron is an essential element for plant nutrition and is taken up mainly as boric acid molecules. Although B deficiency in agricultural soils has been observed, B toxicity can inhibit plant growth in soils under arid and semiarid regions. High B intake by humans can be detrimental to the stomach, liver, kidneys and brain, and eventually results in death. Amelioration of soils and water sources enriched with B can be achieved by immobilization, leaching, adsorption, phytoremediation, reverse osmosis, and nanofiltration. The development of cost-effective technologies for B removal from B-rich irrigation water including electrodialysis and electrocoagulation techniques is likely to help control the predominant anthropogenic input of B to the soil. Future research initiatives for the sustainable remediation of B contamination using advanced technologies in soil and water environments are also recommended.
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- Shiv Bolan
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australia
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- Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University, Belihuloya 70140, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University, Belihuloya 70140, Sri Lanka
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest 1022, Hungary
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- Department of Vegetable and Alternative Crops, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Novi Sad 21000, Republic of Serbia
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest 1022, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, People's Republic of China
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australia.
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Sun C, Li X, Guo J. Relationship between photosystem activity and ultraweak luminescence excitation in Cerasus humilis leaves under salt stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 196:1032-1045. [PMID: 36898215 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cerasus humilis (Bge.) Sok (C. humilis) is a wild fruit tree endemic to China. It mainly grows on saline land and often suffers from osmotic stress. Biophotons are ultraweak luminescence (UWL) radiations that are closely related to various biological processes and activities. UWL emission essentially originates from the oxidative stress process of organisms. However, it is unclear whether UWL production is related to the redox state of chloroplasts. Therefore, to understand the UWL emission mechanism in plants, we studied the effect of salt stress on the photosystem (PS) activity and UWL of C. humilis leaves and analyzed the correlation between PS activity and UWL. The results showed that salt stress severely inhibited the PS activity of C. humilis leaves and oxygen-evolving complex, damaged the integrity of the thylakoid membrane, decreased the photochemical efficiency of PSII, and hindered the QA-QB electron transfer. At the same time, the intensity of UWL also decreased. Further, correlation analyses of PS activity indices and UWL showed that UWL was significantly correlated with main parameters of photosystem activity such as PSII the maximum photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) and photosynthetic performance index based on absorbed light energy (PIABS), as well as the absorption, capture, and transfer of energy in the unit reaction center and unit leaf section. These results indicated that the PS activity of C. humilis was related to the production of UWL, and the intensity of UWL decreased with the decrease in PS activity.
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- Cong Sun
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot Inner Mongolia, 010019, China; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya, 572025, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot Inner Mongolia, 010019, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot Inner Mongolia, 010019, China.
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Yang G, Qu M, Xu G, Li Y, Li X, Feng Y, Xiao H, He Y, Shabala S, Demidchik V, Liu J, Yu M. pH-Dependent mitigation of aluminum toxicity in pea (Pisum sativum) roots by boron. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 318:111208. [PMID: 35351298 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Boron (B) deficiency and aluminum (Al) toxicity are two major constraints on plants grown in acidic soils. B supply mitigates Al toxicity; however, the underlying mechanisms of this process remain elusive. In this work, Pisum sativum plants were used to address this issue. In the absence of pH buffers, B supply had a better mitigation effect on Al-induced root inhibition at pH 4.0 than pH 4.8. However, in MES buffered solution, mitigating effects of B on Al-induced root inhibition were more pronounced at pH 4.8, indicating a strong pH dependency of this process. Quantification of pH-dependent accumulation of Al in various root zones, modification of root pH by an exogenous addition of rapid alkalization factor (RALF), and measuring changes in the rhizosphere pH by fluorescent dyes have revealed operation of two concurrent mechanisms to explain alleviation of the inhibition of root elongation induced by Al toxicity by boron: (1) via enhancing rhizosphere pH under strong acidic stress (pH4.0), and (2) via stabilizing of cell wall by cross-linking with RGII at relatively higher pH (4.8). These findings provide scientific basis and support for the application of B fertilizers in the regions with inherited soil acidity.
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- Gen Yang
- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- College of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China; Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, 4 Independence Avenue, 220030 Minsk, Belarus
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China.
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- International Research Center for Environmental Membrane Biology & Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, 528000 Foshan, Guangdong, China.
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Ragályi P, Takács T, Füzy A, Uzinger N, Dobosy P, Záray G, Szűcs-Vásárhelyi N, Rékási M. Effect of Se-Enriched Irrigation Water on the Biomass Production and Elemental Composition of Green Bean, Cabbage, Potato and Tomato. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10102086. [PMID: 34685895 PMCID: PMC8537221 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Additional Selenium (Se) intake may be recommended in areas of Se deficiency to prevent various human diseases. One possibility for this is biofortification. In this experiment, the effect of irrigation water containing 100 and 500 µg L−1 Se, in the form of Na2SeO4, on green bean, cabbage, potato and tomato was investigated in a greenhouse pot experiment with sand, silty sand and silt soils. The chlorophyll content index was usually improved by Se and was significantly higher in potato in sand and silty sand and in tomato in silty sand and silt soils. The Se content of edible plant parts increased 63-fold in the 100 µg L−1 Se treatment and almost 400-fold in the 500 µg L−1 Se treatment, averaged over the four species and the three soils. Irrigation water with a Se content of 100 µg L−1 may be suitable for the production of functional food in the case of green beans, potatoes and tomatoes. However, due to its greater Se accumulation, cabbage should only be irrigated with a lower Se concentration. The use of Se-enriched irrigation water might be a suitable method for Se biofortification without a significant reduction in plant biomass production and without a remarkable modification of other macro- and microelement contents.
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- Péter Ragályi
- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman O. út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (P.R.); (N.U.); (N.S.-V.); (M.R.)
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman O. út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (P.R.); (N.U.); (N.S.-V.); (M.R.)
- Correspondence: (T.T.); (A.F.)
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman O. út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (P.R.); (N.U.); (N.S.-V.); (M.R.)
- Correspondence: (T.T.); (A.F.)
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman O. út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (P.R.); (N.U.); (N.S.-V.); (M.R.)
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Karolina út 29-31, H-1113 Budapest, Hungary; (P.D.); (G.Z.)
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Karolina út 29-31, H-1113 Budapest, Hungary; (P.D.); (G.Z.)
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman O. út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (P.R.); (N.U.); (N.S.-V.); (M.R.)
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman O. út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary; (P.R.); (N.U.); (N.S.-V.); (M.R.)
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